I don't have time to read through the MPS docs now but this seemed relevant to 
some of the discussion here.

http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/

[apologies to those others that subscribe to both lists for the cross-post]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "I.T. Daniher" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [rust-dev] MPS investigation for Rust GC
> Date: July 29, 2013 10:33:37 PM CDT
> To: Kevin Cantu <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> 
> If the licensing terms aren't suitable for you (for example, you're
> developing a closed-source commercial product or a compiler run-time
> system) you can easily license the MPS under different terms from
> Ravenbrook.  Please write to us at `<[email protected]>`_
> for more information.
> 
> from https://github.com/Ravenbrook/mps-temporary/blob/master/license.txt
> 
> If there's serious interest in this, we could reach out. I don't know the 
> state of the gc library project.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Kevin Cantu <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm personally not very familiar with the Sleepycat license (as MPS seems to 
> use: https://github.com/Ravenbrook/mps-temporary).
> Would proprietary code have to be shipped in separate binaries than the Rust 
> runtime, or would commercial licensing be required?
> 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Cantu
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Thad Guidry <[email protected]> wrote:
> REGARDING:
> - Graydon wants to investigate using the Memory Pool System as the Rust GC,
>   rather than a bespoke one. The
> [MPS](http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/) is
>   a very mature and robust memory management library.
> 
> Reading through and seeing one of the MPS creators initial design goals :
> 
> "The MPS was not designed for C++, but as a memory manager for dynamic 
> language run-time systems. In fact, it was specifically designed not to 
> require C++."
> 
> ...instantly gained my respect for this system and its potential.
> 
> -- 
> -Thad
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